Confusion (redirected from mix-up)

Confusion

Babel

where God confounded speech of mankind. [O.T.: Genesis 11:7–9]

bedlam

from Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem, former English insane asylum. [Br. Folklore: Jobes, 193]

Cia

amnesia victim whose identity becomes doubtful when the same identity is claimed by an insane woman. [Ital. Drama: Pirandello As You Desire Me in Sobel, 35]

Comedy of Errors, The

two pairs of identical twins wreak social havoc in Ephesus. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors]

Corybantes

half-divine priests of Cybele; celebrated noisy festivals in her honor. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 67]

Jude

“the other Judas, not Iscariot.” [N.T.: John 14:22]

Labyrinth

maze at Knossos where Minotaur lived. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 185]

Pandemonium

Milton’s capital of the devils. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]

Pantagruelian Law Case

not understanding the defense, judge gives incomprehensible verdict. [Fr. Lit.: Pantagruel]

Serbonian Bog

Egyptian morass, “where armies whole have sunk.” [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]

Star-Splitter, The

“We’ve looked and looked, but after all where are we?” [Am. Lit.: “The Star-Splitter” in Hart, 799]